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It saddens me to forward the news that our good friend and fellow photographer, Matt Quinn, has passed.
As some of you may know, he had been battling cancer for a while and was on his way to recovery.
Please take a moment to remember him in your prayers.

"Sometimes imagination is no more than randomness applied." —Piet Francke

So, sick as I've been and unable to get out of the house I took advantage of these wild-dyed daisies (there's a tiny terrible very bad pun buried in there) brought over for Erin by some guests. They were sitting on the table with the bright translucent blinds about 6 feet behind. The only light on the front was reflected from walls. I wanted to test a couple of things with the new A6000. I have acquired a couple of E-mount extension rings so I put on the 10 mm one and coupled on my "other" kit lens, the longer E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS (Optical SteadyShot). The camera was tripod mounted with the OSS turned off so it wouldn't "hunt" for non-present motion. I used autofocus with the single focus point set on the central disc of the nearest flower. I adjusted exposure so the background of bright Venetian blind would go stark white but not clip. The first of each pair was made at f/5.6, and the second was stopped to f/22. I think they look pretty good, and the change of DOF is very visible. This lens, when stopped to f/22, performs very well. I see no degradation of sharpness at the focus point but the DOF is much, um, deeper.

Great demo, Chuck! Your indoor tests will serve you well for whenever spring finally arrives. And somehow, it always does! I used to want to smack my co-workers in Maine, though, when they'd remark about an April SNOW shower: "oh it won't stick." HA HA

Great demo, Chuck! Your indoor tests will serve you well for whenever spring finally arrives. And somehow, it always does! I used to want to smack my co-workers in Maine, though, when they'd remark about an April SNOW shower: "oh it won't stick." HA HA

Get well soon!

In Lincoln we are at this minute undergoing "wintry mix" atop already-down 2+ inches of snow. Matt was driving Andi to school and watched a city bus corner and slide out, striking a curb at a bus stop. No one hurt, fortunately.

The Daisies are real, but the colors are added by forcing the flowers to uptake food or other coloring. I don't know how commonly they are sold by florists but Erin had some guests who brought those and she put them in water. I spotted them while still fresh and grabbed the pitchers.

The Daisies are real, but the colors are added by forcing the flowers to uptake food or other coloring. I don't know how commonly they are sold by florists but Erin had some guests who brought those and she put them in water. I spotted them while still fresh and grabbed the pitchers.

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